Monthly Archives: April 2015

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Nepal on 25th April 2015. The natural disaster wreaked havoc on a massive scale. Thousands of people have lost their lives, and an estimated 1.4 million people are without food. The densely populated capital city, Kathmandu, home to over a million people, was ravaged by the earthquake Read More →

About 200 SSIO members of South America, including 35 youth, attended a Pre-World Conference from 6th to 8th March 2015, in Mendes, Rio de Janeiro. The conference was broadcast live online over two Sai web-TV channels, Read More →

About 200 Sathya Sai volunteers, including 80 youth, attended a Pre-World Conference and Youth Conference in San Francisco Marcois, Dominican Republic, from 27th February to 1st March 2015. Read More →

The Sathya Sai Group of Punilla City in Argentina was started in April 2014 and serves interested people living in remote locations who cannot travel to Sathya Sai centres or attend meetings. This Group of 5 to 10 Sathya Sai volunteers has travelled to La Falda, Huerta Grande, Villa Giardino, Carlos Paz, Tanti, Falda del Carmen, and Alta Gracia, to sing devotional songs and share the divine message of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Read More →

As part of the Community Adoption Programme (CAP), Sathya Sai members in New Zealand have helped refugee children with school homework for the past 15 years. The programme, called Study Care, was started in the Glen Innes area in response to Bhagawan’s call to offer free tuition classes for underprivileged children. Read More →

Training programmes for SSIO officers and a “Train the Trainer” programme for Sai volunteers were held in South Africa. In January 2015, the SSIO of South Africa organised a training programme in Johannesburg and Durban for 600 SSIO officers. The full-day session provided all officers with guidelines on their roles and responsibilities in the organisation. Videos were shown about Bhagawan’s message, and the participants engaged in role plays for a deeper understanding of the guidance.

In Colombia, the government has granted a licence for elementary education to the Sathya Sai School of Funza, Colombia. A ceremony was held on 26th April 2015 to commemorate this achievement and the foundation stone was laid for the new headquarters of the Sathya Sai School. The new school building, 1,600 square metres in area, Read More →

On 25th April 2015, about 90 parents, students, administrative staff, and local community members participated in a meeting at the Sathya Sai School of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The programme focused on self-transformation and human values, and commenced with practice of the Light Meditation. Read More →

The SSIO of El Salvador observed Bhagawan’s Mahasamadhi in April 2015 by hosting an event at the location where the very first Sathya Sai Centre opened in El Salvador in 1980. The event was broadcast live on the web so that individuals who were unable to attend could view the programme. Read More →